Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol
Name: James Clement Dunn
State of Residency: New York
Career Foreign Service Officer
Appointment: February 4, 1928
Entry on Duty: February 4, 1928
Termination of Appointment: November 17, 1930
Note: Chief of the Division of International Conferences and Protocol, February 15, 1929.
Title: Chief of the Division of International Conferences and Protocol
Name: F. Lammot Belin
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Career Foreign Service Officer
Appointment: November 17, 1930
Entry on Duty: November 17, 1930
Termination of Appointment: September 15, 1931
Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol
Name: Warren D. Robbins
State of Residency: New York
Non-Career Appointee (resigned from the Foreign Service July 1, 1931)
Appointment: September 15, 1931
Entry on Duty: September 15, 1931
Termination of Appointment: June 11, 1933
Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol and Conferences
Name: James Clement Dunn
State of Residency: New York
Non-Career Appointee (resigned from the Foreign Service Aug. 7, 1930)
Appointment: June 11, 1933
Entry on Duty: June 11, 1933
Termination of Appointment: April 11, 1935
Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol and Conferences
Name: Richard Southgate
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-Career Appointee
Appointment: April 11, 1935
Entry on Duty: April 11, 1935
Termination of Appointment: July 29, 1937; became Chief of the Division of International Conferences.
Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol
Name: George T. Summerlin
State of Residency: Louisiana
Career Foreign Service Officer
Appointment: July 29, 1937
Entry on Duty: July 29, 1938
Termination of Appointment: Promoted to Special Assistant to the Secretary and Chief of Protocol, January 15, 1944.
Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol
Name: Stanley Woodward
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Career Foreign Service Officer
Appointment: January 15, 1944
Entry on Duty: January 15, 1944
Termination of Appointment: Title changed to "Chief of Protocol for the White House," July 15, 1946 (see below)
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Stanley Woodward
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jul 15, 1946
Entry on Duty: Jul 15, 1946
Termination of Appointment: May 22, 1950
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: John F. Simmons
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jul 21, 1950
Entry on Duty: Aug 18, 1950
Termination of Appointment: Jan 31, 1957
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Wiley T. Buchanan
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Feb 4, 1957
Entry on Duty: Feb 4, 1957
Termination of Appointment: Jan 23, 1961
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Angier Biddle Duke
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jan 24, 1961
Entry on Duty: Jan 24, 1961
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1965
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Lloyd Nelson Hand
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jan 21, 1965
Entry on Duty: Jan 21, 1965
Termination of Appointment: Mar 21, 1966
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: James W. Symington
State of Residency: Missouri
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 22, 1966
Entry on Duty: Mar 22, 1966
Termination of Appointment: Mar 31, 1968
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Angier Biddle Duke
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 26, 1968
Entry on Duty: Apr 1, 1968
Termination of Appointment: Sep 26, 1968
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Tyler Abell
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 25, 1968
Entry on Duty: Sep 30, 1968
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1969
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Emil Mosbacher, Jr.
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jan 28, 1969
Entry on Duty: [see note below]
Termination of Appointment: Jun 30, 1972
Note: Had been serving since Jan 21, 1969, under an appointment by the Secretary of State.
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Marion H. Smoak
State of Residency: South Carolina
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 1, 1974
Entry on Duty: [see note below]
Termination of Appointment: Mar 30, 1974
Note: Took oath of office Mar 29, 1974, as Chief of Protocol for the White House, but no personnel action was processed to reflect this appointment; resignation effective Mar 30, 1974,was processed as a resignation of the office of Deputy Chiefs of Protocol. Smoak had previously been accorded the rank of Ambassador while serving as Acting Chief.
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Henry E. Catto, Jr.
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Apr 2, 1974
Entry on Duty: Apr 3, 1974
Termination of Appointment: Jul 1, 1976
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Shirley Temple Black
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jul 1, 1976
Entry on Duty: Jul 1, 1976
Termination of Appointment: Jan 21, 1977
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Evan S. Dobelle
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Feb 9, 1977
Entry on Duty: Mar 2, 1977
Termination of Appointment: May 22, 1978
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Edith H.J. Dobelle
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 17, 1978
Entry on Duty: Nov 3, 1978
Termination of Appointment: Sep 26, 1979
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Abelardo L. Valdez
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Oct 12, 1979
Entry on Duty: Oct 19, 1979
Termination of Appointment: Jan 21, 1981
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Leonore Annenberg
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 16, 1981
Entry on Duty: Mar 20, 1981
Termination of Appointment: Jan 6, 1982
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Selwa Roosevelt
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: May 11, 1982
Entry on Duty: Apr 16, 1982
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1989
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Joseph Verner Reed, Jr.
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jun 23, 1989
Entry on Duty: May 21, 1989
Termination of Appointment: Oct 21, 1991
Note: Date of commission; appointed by the Secretary of State on Feb 3, 1989.
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: John Gifford Weinmann
State of Residency: Louisiana
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Nov 21, 1991
Entry on Duty: Oct 31, 1991
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1993
Note: Designated by the Secretary of State on this date.
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Mary M. Raiser
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 2, 1993
Entry on Duty: Sep 14, 1993
Termination of Appointment: Jul 24, 1997
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Mary Mel French
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Nov 10, 1997
Entry on Duty: Nov 13, 1997
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 2001
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Donald Burnham Ensenat
State of Residency: Louisiana
Non-career appointee
Appointment: May 31, 2001
Entry on Duty: Jun 6, 2001
Termination of Appointment: Feb. 18, 2007
Title: Chief of Protocol
Name: Nancy Goodman Brinker
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sept. 14, 2007
Entry on Duty: Sept. 14, 2007
Termination of Appointment: